- אכל
- אֲכַל, אָכַלI ch. 1) same.Inf. מֵיכַל, מֵיכוּל. Targ. Gen. 2:16; a. fr.Y.Ter.VIII, 46a כד אתון יֵיכלון when they came and were about eating; ib. (more corr.) אתון מיכל; a. fr. 2) with קרצי prop. to eat (the bread of) destruction, eat the informers bread, hence to inform against. Dan. 3:8; 6:25.Targ. Ps. 15:3; a. fr.Gitt.56a איכול בהו קו׳; Lam. R. to IV, 2 איכול קרצהון I will inform against them. Af. אֹוכַל, אַיְיכַל to give to eat, to support. Y.Ter.X, 47b bot. אוכלה ליה he gave it to him to eat. Gen. R. s. 48, end (read:) אוכלית אשקית לוי hast thou given (thy guest) to eat? to drink? do escort him, i. e. perform thy duties fully. Y.Kidd.I, 61b הוה מייכל לאבויוכ׳ fed his father on ; a. fr. Ithpe. אִתְאֲכַל, אִתְאֲכִיל, אִתְאָכִיל to be eaten, consumed. Targ. Ps. 68:23; a. fr. Tanḥ. Emor, 6 ומה דהבא מִתְאֲכִילוכ׳; Lev. R. s. 27 ומה זהוכ׳ what is this? do they eat gold ? Kidd.59a קא מתאכלי were eaten up (spent). אכלי Af. of כלי to cry, v. כלי.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.